Jun Chen is a
Chinese American
Chinese Americans are Americans of Han Chinese ancestry. Chinese Americans constitute a subgroup of East Asian Americans which also constitute a subgroup of Asian Americans. Many Chinese Americans along with their ancestors trace lineage from ...
astronomer and
discoverer of minor planets.
She obtained her BS at
Beijing University in 1990, and obtained her
PhD PHD or PhD may refer to:
* Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), an academic qualification
Entertainment
* '' PhD: Phantasy Degree'', a Korean comic series
* ''Piled Higher and Deeper'', a web comic
* Ph.D. (band), a 1980s British group
** Ph.D. (Ph.D. albu ...
from the
University of Hawaii in 1997.
Working together with
David Jewitt and
Jane Luu and other astronomers, she has co-discovered a number of
Kuiper belt
The Kuiper belt () is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune at 30 astronomical units (AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt, but is far larger—20 times ...
objects.
The
Minor Planet Center
The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Founded in 1947, it operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
Function
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credits her with the co-discovery of 10
minor planets during 1994–1997.
She is currently working as a software developer in private industry.
See also
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References
Living people
20th-century American astronomers
American women astronomers
Chinese emigrants to the United States
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Discoverers of trans-Neptunian objects
Planetary scientists
Women planetary scientists
Peking University alumni
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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